Hist 1700 final

Which secretive United States spy arm was created in 1947 to protect the country from foreign agents?

the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Between which candidates does the very first televised debate take place?

John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon

How do most of the southern states react to the Civil Rights Movement?

The KKK resurfaces, there are murders and violence

What SCOTUS case of 1954 finally defines Jim Crow laws as "inherently unequal"?

Brown v. Board of Education

By what year does the United States government consider the frontier closed?

1890

During the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) provided…

…employment for the uneducated.

What is one of the major problems with rapid industrialization and the skill of laborers?

Their skills no longer matter

How do people in power excuse their ridiculously high wealth during the Gilded Age?

It's survival of the fittest, the law of natural selection

What is the process of associating evolution with the economy to justify gain called?

Social Darwinism

By 1874, what are Native Americans found outside of reservations considered to be?

Hostile

Thomas Alva Edison invented the lightbulb

False

By 1915 the United States had more…

…large cities than any other country in the world.

Between 1870 and 1920 more than ___________ immigrants arrived in the United States.

25,000,000

What laws were created in the New South in order to keep the region "segregated but equal" after 1877?

Jim Crow Laws

How do southern politicians justify lynching in the U.S. after the end of Reconstruction?

White women ought to be protected

As early as 1899 lynchings had become common in southern states such as Georgia. What was the main purpose of this practice?,

Intimidate African Americans and keep them from going to trial

In the Jim Crow era South even the KKK was romanticized to make it sound as if was not opposing African Americans, but protecting the women of the South. How was this done?,

In books like The Clansman (1905) and in movies like Birth of a Nation (1915) and Gone with the Wind (1939)

William McKinley is assassinated in Sep 1901 while attending the World Fair, who replaced him?,

Theodore Roosevelt

What is "dollar diplomacy"?

Using money and businesses, instead of conflict, to take over countries

Why are Catholics distrusted in the United States?,

Catholics are seen as more loyal to the Pope in Rome than to the U.S. government

Who is the first woman to have delivered a speech at a party convention?,

Jane Addams

Why are 150+ women arrested in 1917?,

They illegally picketed the White House

What international award does Jane Addams receive in 1931 to acknowledge her work for women's rights in the United States?,

the Nobel Peace Price

How does the South react to the progressivism of the Progressive Era?,

By becoming more entrenched and religiously conservative

During World War I millions died, however, the conflict was quickly dwarfed by another event in 1918. What killed 50 million people around the world after World War I?,

The Spanish Flu

Which of the following candidates is the first to win more than 10 million votes during a federal election thanks to women obtaining the right to vote in the election of 1820?,

William G. Harding

What amendment is introduced to government by liberal feminist Alice Paul in 1920 and which has been rejected ever since?,

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

What commodities do ad companies sale to women for the first time in the 1920s?(this is a multiple answer)

Shavers for body hair, make up, and shampoo

Since the movie industry was founded mainly by immigrants what are some of the most prevalent early themes?,

America as the land of opportunity

Which of the following Republican policies had completely failed to keep the country economically safe during the Great Depression?,(multiple answer question)

Easy credit, Avoiding Savings, Consumerism, Speculation

During the Great Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) provided…

…jobs young people.

During the Great Depression, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) provided…

…cash for poor Americans.

During the Great Depression, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) provided…,

… building projects specifically for the South

During the Great Depression, the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) provided…

…money for farmers, so they would stop growing crops.

During the Great Depression, the Civil Works Administration (CWA) provided…,

…civil jobs for the unemployed

During the Great Depression, the Public Works Administration (PWA) provided…

…employment by creating public works.

During the Great Depression, the Social Security Administration (SSA) provided…

…pensions for the old so they could retire.

The 1st Chinese Civil War takes place between 1927 and 1931. Which of the following sides does the United States support?,

Nationalist Republican

What happened on Dec. 7th, 1941?,

Japan entered World War II by attacking the United States at Pearl Harbor

Which of the following United States units were the most decorated of World War II despite the fact many of their parents had been interned in concentration camps by the United States government?,

the 442nd Nissei Batallion

Which country first invented the atomic bomb and remains the only country to have ever used it in a conflict?,

the United States

How does World War II put an end to the Great Depression in the United States?,

Factories turned from civilian materials to military equipment, overproduction was welcomed

How do African Americans react to the boom of the 1920s and the "spiritual emancipation" of the era?,

Creating the Harlem Renaissance and inventing Jazz

Which of the following are true about millennials (you)? Remember: we are speaking in generalities.,

It is the most pro LGBTQ+ generation in history

As the United States dusted itself from the Great Depression by 2014, what issues become more prevalent in politics?,

Social minority issues

Which of the following does Democratic president Barack H. Obama bailout (help with direct money payments) during the first year of the Great Recession in 2009?,

People

Which of the following does the Republican president George W. Bush bail out (help with direct money payments) at the beginning of the Great Recession in 2008?,

Businesses

What does the collapse of the housing market cause in 2008?,

the Great Recession

Which of the following candidates wins the 2016 election to become 45th POTUS?,Donald J. Trump (RNY) What happened to the House of Representatives in 1994 for the first time since 1952?,

Republicans became the majority

What date cold be considered a second Pearl Harbor attack that led to the United States to be involved in two new Wars?,

Sept 11, 2001

According to R. Viguerie, what action POTUS Jimmy Carter took while in office "ignited the religious right's involvement in real politics"?,

Removed tax exempt status from private Christian schools

Why, according to the following options, does POTUS Carter lose reelection?,

Failed to deliver on a progressive agenda

Which two minority began to win court cases and be more represented in the late 70s?,

Women and LGBTQ+

In 1972 incumbent Richard Nixon is caught cheating on the election. What is the scandal known as?,

Watergate

Which two liberals are assassinated in 1968 sparking riots all over the country?,

Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy

Why does Richard M. Nixon (RNY) win the liberal vote in the election of 1968?,

Promoted an "honorable end" to Vietnam,Spoke about getting rid of the draft, and Promised Vietnamization

Which United States conflict was known as the first "living room war"?,

the Vietnam War

Which of the following groups does not join in the activism movement of the late 60s?,

White AngloSaxon Protestants

Which programs were set in place or expanded by Lyndon B. Johnson?, (Multiple answer question)

War on Poverty, Food Stamps, and Medicare and Medicaid for all aged and poor.

Why do African American riots take place in Watts, Newark, and Detroit between 1965-1967?

African Americans were frustrated because Civil Rights legislation had come to nothing right away

What program is introduced by Lyndon B. Johnson in honor of John F. Kennedy and going back all the way to the New Deal set up by Franklin D. Roosevelt.,

the Great Society

Who was the most famous Civil Rights leader in 1963,

Martin Luther King

Which country was "the match that lit the flame of the Cold War”?

Germany

What does United States efforts in Europe after World War II resemble most out of the following events?

Southern Reconstruction (after the Civil War)

Hawks

Older, Emphasis on hard work, Pro-conservatism, Pro-state rights, Religious

Doves

Younger, Emphasis on college, pro-Liberalism, pro-Civil Rights, athiest